In my last post A Life-Long Writing Project on Writing – and My Anxiety I said that I wrote a (small) book on writing while researching it. In this post I’ll present the method which led to this book.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
In the age of lightning fast full-text search, what are links in the archive of your notes good for? In short, search queries are deterministic means to get to Zettel notes: they produce the same results every time. Links are hand-picked references. The idea that makes you create a link is unique, and so is the resulting link. It’s much more personal and thus better suited to help you think.| zettelkasten.de
In a Zettelkasten – if done correctly – there will emerge layers of evidence. These layers represent the necessary processing steps from data to knowledge. It is very rare that raw data is put into the archive. You can do it. But normally, you will process the data outside your archive. So I will ignore this possibility. The three layers are:| zettelkasten.de
Learn how the Zettelkasten works as a system, what a Zettel is made of, and how to grow an organic web of knowledge.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
This is the last session of this little series of developing a knowledge work practice with Nori.| Zettelkasten.de
The deepest dive into the principle of atomicity on the whole internet.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A reply to Nori Parelius’ follow-up post after our recent video call where we talked about her quitting the Zettelkasten Method.| zettelkasten.de
Recording of a coaching session where we talk about different ways that the Zettelkasten affects, and is affected by, what you want to publish in writing.| zettelkasten.de
“Now, here, you see, it takes all the running you can do, to keep in the same place. If you want to get somewhere else, you must run at least twice as fast as that!” - The Red Queen| Zettelkasten.de
The Zettelkasten Method can't heal a toxic relationship to knowledge. No system can. We have to regain depth.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
Creating Fiction is the same as creating non-fiction. It is about creating a linearly readable text with *some* cross-referencing.| zettelkasten.de
In this video, I coach Ashish on using the Zettelkasten Method to study Hindu philosophy. Hindu philosophy is an ideal domain for learning how to use a Zettelkasten to manage complex, seemingly endless topics. One major challenge is atomicity, as each idea can be explored in greater depth, often requiring notes to be broken down repeatedly. To avoid getting lost, you’ll need to develop both tolerance for this process and a disciplined approach to structuring your work.| Zettelkasten.de
Coaching session with Fernando on how to create depth in knowledge work with the Knowledge Flower.| zettelkasten.de
In this video I talk with Nori Parelius about her experience with her Zettelkasten. She shares the struggles she encountered, what ultimately led her to abandon her system, and the lessons she learned along the way.| Zettelkasten.de
With today’s public release, everyone can enjoy type-to-complete style auto-completion of #hashtags in their Zettelkasten.| Zettelkasten.de
The mightiness of the Zettelkasten serves as a valuable metric for measuring Zettelkasten productivity.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
If you work with the Zettelkasten Method you have to deal with a lot of reading. It is obvious that it is often not very obvious what to include into your archive and what not.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
My very simple setup: Create entry points to help you do your actual work.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
The conviction that you have a way of working that is best for you turns the challenge of modern knowledge work on its head: the problems do not cater to us. We have to adapt to the problem.| zettelkasten.de
Align everything that you do so that it is an act of service to your future self.| zettelkasten.de
We’re excited to announce the release of The Archive v1.8! Here’s what’s new and improved in this version: This system is a game-changer for users looking to streamline their everyday actions without the need for external tools, like:| zettelkasten.de
Don't demote yourself to a passive processing machine. Start with an intent when you process a chapter. Ask yourself: What do I want to build?| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
Here’s a highlight from the forum from recent days. User @zappino4 asked: I am trying to understand the relationship between literature notes and permanent notes. My doubts are the following:| zettelkasten.de
Cal Newport thinks the Zettelkasten method is complicated and overrated. This is wrong.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
Do you find yourself buying books and never read them? The secret nature of Dopamine explains why.| zettelkasten.de
In the past article Mindscapes: Thinking Environments in Your Way of Living we looked at thinking environments in your life in general. One of these thinking environments is the Zettelkasten.| Zettelkasten.de
Thinking needs space. Without this space, we cannot think. At least not with the depth and care required to achieve good results within a reasonable time frame. We create this space through thinking environments.| Zettelkasten.de
Hi Zettlers,| Zettelkasten.de
As I said in my last post, my reading workflow consists of GTD-like phases: collect, process and write. While I wrote about collecting before, this post is about the three phases of processing notes. In the last section you’ll find a few example Zettels I wrote.| zettelkasten.de
If you don’t master the exploiting way of reading, you waste a lot of time and energy.| Zettelkasten.de
Considering the tech-heavy approach to knowledge work most people advocate nowadays, the imperative to use a real notebook may sound a little bit strange.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a device to extend your mind and memory so you can work with texts efficiently and never forget things again. Both permanent storage and interconnectedness are necessary to use the full potential of an archive for your notes. You need a permanent storage for your notes so they can give a cue for the things you want to remember. You also need to manually connect notes to create a web of notes which adjusts to the way your mind works.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
How to transform insights from “How to Read a Book” by Adler/van Doren into actionable strategies to improve your reading.| zettelkasten.de
A book to show the power of the Zettelkasten, to change the perception what kind of books are even possible, and change the way we think about habits.| zettelkasten.de
The realisation that linked notes are more useful than unlinked notes should be the start of your journey into the depths.| zettelkasten.de
We celebrate the app anniversary with a three-day discount run.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A friend of mine recently asked for help with getting started. It was very hard for him to overcome initial uncertainty: how do you know you’re sufficiently prepared to start filling your note archive? Which categories should you prepare before you begin?| zettelkasten.de
First, ask yourself what the source requires of you. The individual in “individualising the way of working” is the source you are processing, not you.| zettelkasten.de
Our reading habit is one of the corner stones of our knowledge work habits. Reading is the most efficient way to create an influx of information that can transform into knowledge. Therefore, we should devote some thought and energy in the optimization of our reading habits.| zettelkasten.de
How to enter literature references into your notes, and how to configure BibDesk for Mac to do the job in a minimal way.| zettelkasten.de
The brain's analytical way of breaking complex things down into atomic parts is important. But it is far from all that is needed.| zettelkasten.de
The Archive now supports image import via drag and drop and copy and paste, making it easier than ever to add visuals to your notes.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
List of macros for 3rd party apps like Keyboard Maestro, Alfred, and other launchers that can enhance your workflows with The Archive.| zettelkasten.de
A detailed exploration of Luhmann's ZK note number 9/8,3 and what the notion of the 'ghost in the box' could mean.| zettelkasten.de
The Archive is ready for Apple’s latest version of macOS, available since the start of this week. We recommend you wait with upgrading to macOS 13 Ventura until 13.1 comes out, if you haven’t already, because the initial .0 releases often ship with annoyances or bugs that get sorted out in minor updates a couple of weeks later.| zettelkasten.de
Faithful English translation of Niklas Luhmann's original notes on Zettelkasten.| zettelkasten.de
Truth, relevance, usefulness, beauty, simplicity: the 5 aspects of an idea.| zettelkasten.de
Does the Zettelkasten feel like extra work? This doesn't have to be so.| zettelkasten.de
The first question we need to ask ourselves is: What is value? I propose a simple answer to this question: Valuable is what is useful to us. Let’s look into knowledge on nutrition as an example: Knowing how to eat healthy is not very useful to a lot of people because this knowledge is not put into practice. Most of the time this knowledge is not what is needed. Eating healthy is rather about building habits. Then again, knowledge on healthy nutrition becomes useful when those healthy habits...| zettelkasten.de
Join Scott Scheper and Sascha in this video as they discuss analog vs. digital Zettelkasten. Among other things, they talk about: Popular Zettelkasten videos and their odd focus on software demonstration.| zettelkasten.de
When you process a book into your Zettelkasten you should prepare both the book and your Zettelkasten. I set clear expectations and why I am reading a book; I review the table of content to generate a mental map; I review the table of content to generate a mental map; I plan what I will use the book for within my Zettelkasten.| zettelkasten.de
Ahrens discusses five categories of notes: three main descriptive categories of notes: fleeting notes, permanent notes and project notes; and two subcategories of permanent notes: literature notes and Zettels. These terms are defined and discussed in this article.| zettelkasten.de
Creating examples for writing tools to write fiction, especially character sheets. These tools live in your Zettelkasten, too.| zettelkasten.de
Know what you are trying to process when you process fiction, and be skilled in handling these pieces.| zettelkasten.de
The source does not have an influence on the nature of the knowledge you process. I demonstrate this by processing quotes from 'The Godfather'.| zettelkasten.de
The things you own, end up owning you -- here's a teaser for the introduction to the upcoming book release| zettelkasten.de
Learn what “Building a Second Brain” is, how it relates to the Zettelkasten Method, and how to perfectly combine both methods.| zettelkasten.de
The Zettelkasten Method will support your goals relating to both consuming and producing fiction texts. It is designed to create a thinking machine out of your notes you are already making that supports all of your thinking.| zettelkasten.de
There’s a tendency in all of us to gather useful stuff and feel good about it. To collect is a reward in itself. As knowledge workers, we’re inclined to look for the next groundbreaking thought, for intellectual stimulation: we pile up promising books and articles, and we store half the internet as bookmarks, just so we get the feeling of being on the cutting edge.| zettelkasten.de
Launching in October 2023: Zettelkasten Method 101, Mastering the basics to unlock your Integrated Thinking Environment. A live workshop for 8 participants. Secure your spot now!| zettelkasten.de
A Zettelkasten is a personal tool for thinking and writing that creates an interconnected web of thought. Its emphasis is on connection and not mere collection of ideas.| zettelkasten.de
Create tools within your Zettelkasten for various purposes to aid you in your work.| zettelkasten.de
Calm, simple, and beautiful macOS note-taking app for creative thinking.| zettelkasten.de
English translation of Niklas Luhmann's 1981 German text, “Kommunikation mit Zettelkästen”.| zettelkasten.de